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Advice Forums > Forum: Postgraduate Life >

Plagiarism

Daniel Colegate Member since: April Apr, 2008 122 posts	Daniel Colegate wrote at 09:48 on 26 August 2010 I was really surprised to find out that the percentage of postgraduates found plagiarising the work of others in the UK is almost 2% with most cases committed by students from outside the UK. Some people put it down to cultural differences but I think it has a lot to do with language difficulties. http://www.postgraduatetoolbox.net/posts/30
Samantha Leeson Member since: August Aug, 2010 15 posts	Samantha Leeson wrote at 05:16 on 27 August 2010 As far as I know plagiarism is simply a failure to give appropriate credit to the original author, so I expect that a lot of international students just aren't aware of UK traditions / rules regarding referencing.I have read books before regarding literature reviews that specifically cover referencing methods - perhaps they should be distributed by international offices for new starters?
Stephen Johnston Member since: August Aug, 2010 25 posts	Stephen Johnston wrote at 07:55 on 10 September 2010 I think that everyone should get information on this subject when they start. To be honest, most probably already do get information in some form or another as this is basically 'how to reference' which is built into a lot of induction courses anyway. I think there is a bigger supervisor responsibility here, to check and make sure that their students reference correctly.
Daniel Colegate Member since: April Apr, 2008 122 posts	Daniel Colegate wrote at 08:55 on 20 September 2010 I just finished reading through this great presentation on this topic. It really emphasises the different levels of awareness for many international students and has some good recommendations on how to change that awareness. Definitely worth a look. http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/ftp/events/sltc09/presentations/o7tobin.pdf
Katie Collins Member since: August Aug, 2010 23 posts	Katie Collins wrote at 07:25 on 30 September 2010 Plagiarism in the sciences seems to be a major talking point around the web. I saw this abstract from a plenary talk that took place back in 2006, but the introduction sums up the grey areas surrounding plagiarism very well. ‘Plagiarism has been classified as one of the major forms of scientific misconduct. Yet, although these transgressions are easily recognized when they appear in their most egregious forms, other more subtle instances may be dismissed as mere “ethically questionable” writing practices. How is plagiarism defined by the various science disciplines and regulatory agencies? What is the incidence of this type of misconduct and what does the available research literature say about its causes and possible prevention?’ http://www.metmeetings.org/metm06/Roig_plenary_talk.htm The problem is that as long as these grey areas exist, plagiarism will continue. Personally, I also think that the rise of open access publishing and the internet will also make it easier for plagiarism to continue.

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